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Karun
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Karun , river, c.450 mi (720 km) long, rising in the Zagros Mts., W Iran, and flowing S to the Shatt al Arab on the Iraqi border. The Karun is navigable to Ahvaz for shallow draft vessels; rapids prevent further upstream...
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Lake Karun
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Lake Karun Egypt: see Moeris .
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Ahvaz
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...province of Khuzistan in southwestern Iran. Located on the Karun River, Ahvaz developed as a flourishing pre-Islamic city...century it had dwindled to a small town. But the opening of the Karun River in 1888 to international navigation, the beginning of...
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Khuzistan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...region of alluvial plains made by two rivers, the Karkheh and Karun. It is situated between the Zagros Mountains and the sea...always been amply provided with water by the Karkheh, Diz, and Karun rivers, and noted from earliest times for its prosperity...
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Shushtar
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...1991 pop. 70,294), Khuzestan prov., SW Iran, on the Karun River. It has irrigated agriculture and has long been known...building vast hydraulic works, including a large dam across the Karun River. Later, under the Mongols (13th-14th cent.), Shushtar...
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Moeris
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Moeris , ancient name of Lake Karun (Arab. Birket Qarun ), c.90 sq mi (230 sq km), NE Egypt, in El Faiyum...40 by 8 km) and was c.40 ft (12 m) below sea level. As a result, Lake Karun is fed by a canal from the Nile River.
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Khorramshahr
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...750), Khuzestan prov., SW Iran, at the confluence of the Karun River and the Shatt al Arab, near the Persian Gulf. It is...dates to the late 19th cent., when steam navigation on the Karun was started. The city was known as Muhammerah until the mid...
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Zayandeh Rud
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...used for irrigation along its entire length. The Kuh-Rang Dam (built 1953) diverts water from the upper course of the Karun River through a 2-mi (3.2-km) tunnel into the Zayandeh Rud, where it is used to supplement irrigation in the Esfahan...
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Iran
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...head of the Persian Gulf is the Iranian section of the Mesopotamian lowlands. Of the few perennial rivers in Iran, only the Karun in the west is navigable for large craft; other major rivers are the Karkheh and the Sefid Rud. The climate of Iran is continental...
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Abu Nuwas
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...his compositions reflected well the licentious manners of the upper classes of his day. Abu Nuwas was born in Ahwaz on the Karun River in western Persia. His father was Arab and his mother was Persian. At a young age he was sold into slavery because of...
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